Clothes wringer and mangle.



G. H. JANTZ. CLOTHES WRINGE-R AND MANGLB. APPLICATION FILED JUNE Z3,1911A Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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UNITED STAWENT OFFCE# g GU'sTAvE i1. 'JANTL or WYOMING, OHIoQ cno'rrrnswarnena' AND MNGLE.

Be -it known that I,' GUsTAvn H. JAN'rz,

a citizen of theUnited States of America, and a resident. of Vyoming,in' the county of Hamilton and' State of Ohio, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Clothes Wringers and Mangles, of

f l Y which thefollowing is a specification.

-This invention relates to clothes wringers and mangles, and it ,has forits object the provision of a quick or instantaneous releasing devicefor use in connection with f the roll pressure-mechanism whereby the-pressure'is immediately released.A from the rolls should a'ny part of4the operator or other .object or objects become unduly or accidentallycaught between the rolls and otherwise necessitating the backing or re'verse movement. of said rolls that would only add 4to or augment theinjury to said parts or things between the` rolls.

The inventlon herein consists of certain 'novel features of constructionand arrangement 'ofan auxilliary'device that is adapted to be applied tothe tension or pressure n mechanism connectedl with the squeezing or'mangling rollsfof a clothes wringer or mangle, such as will be'hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed, out in the claims.y

In the accompanying sheet of drawings l Figure 1 isa plan viewvof thedevice shown in operative position;f,Fig. A2, a -front elevat es-wringerembodying my invention herein, showing 1t as 1t appears 1n p 4operativeposition ready for the re'leasingf emergency referred to above; Fig. 3,a longitudinalsectional elevation showing the device as it appears when`the tension or 'spring Apressure has lbeen released from the rolls;Figfi, a detail plan view of the releasing-lever showing itscam-formations; and Fig. '5, a fragmentary plan view of the auxiliarylatch bolts or bars forming the device' forlocking the pressuremechanism in 'active engagement with the" rolls and kadapted for a quickrelease by the abovenamed cam-lever when it is desired to throw thepressure oil' said rolls.

In describing saidviews `of the drawings, 1 indicates the lowerroll and2 the upper lof preventing the spreading of the u vopen ends oftheStiles.

roll of the' pair of rolls used .in a clothes Wringer or a mangle, andduly mounted .for rotation in bearings provided. in theupright frameposts or side-Stiles 3 and 4`as cuseach provided with open vertical.slots or; gunde-ways, as customary, forvcontainin' Speciieation ofLetters Patent. pPatentedSpt, 2,6, 1911, appucauoamea June 2a, 19'11.seriainnssmoma;

455 vtomary.` The'fsaid side-Stiles 3 4and -4- are y the bearingsandjournals of `the rolls 1 an 2 and, also, for containing the vertical siral springs 5 5, and the opposite .ends o .the horizontal pressure-bar6,' as best` seen in Fig. 3. y

The open upperends of the fslotted sidestiles 3 and 4 are provided withmetal straps 7, the latter being duly secured by horizontal bolts 8 thatltraverse open-bottom slots 9 made in the op osite ends of saidpressurebar 6. The sal open-bottom slots 9` permit the ready removal ofthe ressure-bar 6 when it is'desied. Saidbo ts 8 are provided to securesaid straps 7Y in place and4 both said bolts andy straps serve thepurpose Per 11, 11 indlcate headed pins whose Shanks internally engagethe upper coils ofthe sprin s 5, and 12,'12 are vertical thumb-screws wose Shanks engage screw-threaded bushings orlinin S13 provided invertical holes made in sai opposite ends (if the pressure-bar 6 in axialalinement with the springs, the lower ends "of said thumb-screws beingbrought into contact with the upper surface of the headed pins 11 whenit is desired to exert or apply pressure or spring-tension on the upperroll 2 which latter, in turn, is thus brought into close contact withthe roll 1 underthe desired pressure for wringing or mangling clothes,as customary.

14 indicates a horizontal slot madein the upper part of each of themetal straps`7.

15, 15 indicate a pair of corresponding horizontal latch-bolts mountedon the upper surface of the pressure-bar 6 and adapted to reciprocatelongitudinally upon said upper surface. Each latch-bolt 15 isprovided'with a short longitudinal slot 16 at its outer end and, also, with Vvasimilar slot .17 about mid-length,as best seen in Figs. l

and 3, the screw-threaded Shanks of the thumb-screws 12 passing downwardthrough feo said slots 16, and vertical screws 18 enterfing said uppersurface 'of the.pre'ssurebar Q through said -slots 17 and dulyconnecting `t he latch-bolts tothe pressure-bar, free tfo slidelengthwise thereover.

Each of the latchbolts' is provided with an upturned'A inner endv19',and the inner ends of both latch-bolts are shouldered or reduced in DWidth, as shown at V20,` so thatsaid inner ends can'clear each other inlthe reciprocal movement-s 'of said latch-boltsand a suitable Aespace 21,(as best seen in Fig. 5)'is pro- 'ded between said shouldered innerends provide for the downward passage of the At "shanlr'of a vertical'screw 22, the latter, in rn, being provided to secure in horizontal,

I wing'ing position the cam-end 23 of a horizontal lever 24. Anintervening washer 25 v "issupplied.' beneath; the cam pOTtOIl 23 0f thelever 24`-to provide a suitable` turning or bearing surface over thespaced inner ends 204v of vlthe latch-bolts 1 5,v as best seen in Fig;3. The-'lever 24 is curvedor bent upward at 26}so -as to elevate itsomewhat above the latch-bolts for clear and positive horizontalmovementwhen emergency de-` mands.l The arc'or cam faces 27, 27 of themember 23 of the lever 24-intimately contact with ,the'inner faces ofthe upright ends y-19 of the"latzhbolts, and, when said lever o 24'isturnedin the direction of the arrow 2 8, seen in Fig. 1, fromv normalposition,

said cam-faces'27, 27 -`force the latch-boltsf to Amove toward eachother fcentrallypi4 the pressure-bar 6 and cause the outer ends 29gagelnent with the horizontal slots 14 of the metal -straps 7, suchengagement. of the4 latch-bolts with saidy slots 14 being previ# o'uslyprovided orwhen said latch-,boltsa're' in 'said vnormal position, suchas is shown in Figs. 1Y and v2, wherein the wringer vis' in activefposition or condition foruse.v c' In'such actiye condition of thewringer, the'springs 5 are under tension of the, thumb-screws 12,

' and, when said lever 24 is turned in the direction of, the arrow 28 asabove'stated, the

'spring-pressure isz'instantly released from 3.,. 50 the rolls'2and 1,especially roll 2, so that any object or fabric that has become undulyor, accidentally entered or cloggedv between lthe rolls, can be readilyreleased or withdrawn withoutturning said rolls backward 55- that wouldotherwise only injure said 4objects still the more, and especially ifsuch Vobject were the human hand or the like that i Tvgould be, alreadysuiliciently hurt by the rollsv of the wringer or the mangle without ifjsubjecting said part to only additional crushing injury totheoperator.

The operatioiofethe lever 24 is instantaneous, the

' 'passing from locking-engagment with the slots vr 14 ofthe-straps 7when the cam-faces 27` have exerted their strong pressingforce bolts andthe tension of the springs being fully released at once, the expansion'of such against the'upturned ends19 of `the'latehi` springs forces theypressure-bar 6 upward and the contacting-pressure vlbetween the. rolls-2 and 1 is immediately withdrawn.

It is (quite obvious that myl emergency spring-pressure or tensiondevice herein can vbe readily applied or added t'o,.a clothes Wringeror' mangle already-infuse, as well as tonew devices of thesame characterand,

in order that the opposite 'outer ends of. the

latch-bolts 15 can befdirected toengage the Y horizontal `keeper-slots14 inf the end-straps 7, it is simply necessary to swing the lever ,24back to the normal position seen in Fig.

1, the pressure-bar 6 brought int'V activecompressing-engagement withthe springs 5 by means of the thumb-screws 12 and latchbolts l5 slidoutward by hand lwhen thef outer ends 29 of vsaid latch-bolts registeror are in horizontal. `alinement with the said keeper-slots 14y 'Iclaim:v vff 1.'-In a device of the character described,

thefcombination of a" air of 'compression rolls mounted in a suita leframe, means for exerting pressure or tension on said rolls, axpressure-bar contacting with said' tension z latch-bolt keeper or engagingdevices onsaid frame and meanson said pressure-bar t means, latch-boltson said pressure-bar,

for conveniently operating andi .instantly releasing said latch-boltsfrom said keepers whereby the said ltension tis instantly" reicasion-,requiresf 5 2. In a device of the character described,'

the combinationv of a pair of compression rolls mounted fory "rotationin.` a

suitable frame, springs inv said Vframe for placing the upper roll ofsaid pair 'of 4, rolls Vunder tension or pressure I against the v'lowerroll, thumb-screws -for` placing said springsunder tension orcompression,` a pressure-bar whose opposite `ends .are engaged By saidthumb-screws,

metal straps engaging the upper guide-way ends of said frame and havinghorizontal.

slots provided therein, horizontally-'sliding slots` therein freelyengaged by said thumbscrews, upright project-ions at the inner ends ofvsaid latch-bolts, ahorizontallyfswinging bar` and having are or camformations adapted to engage saidupright'inner ends.

or projections on the latch-bolts, lthe outer ends lof thela-tter beingadapted to 'engage the horizontal keeper-slots in said metal straps onthe frame when the pressure-bar `is brought down into.compressing-engagement with the tension-springs and the said4latch-bolts on said pressure-bar and having `lever mounted centrally onsaidY pressurelever with its cam-formationsrbeing adapted land the partsthat were under tension to engage the said upright projections atadapted to` be immediately separated andthe inner ends of .saidlatch-bolts whereby removed.

, the latter may be readily withdrawn from GUSTAVE H. JNTZ.5,1ookng-engagement with said keeper-slots Witnesses: e

when it is desired to instantly release the JOHN ELIAS JONES, springpressurev or tension from said rolls, -LORETTA LUCK.V

